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Chocolate Mint Stout Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole milk

• 3 fresh mint leaves

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 1 cup Bison Organic Chocolate Stout

• 7 ounces of 60% dark chocolate with peppermint oil (such as Dark Chocolate Mint from Green & Blacks), broken into chunks

• 4 egg yolks

• 1 1/4 cup white sugar

Instructions

1. In a pot over medium high heat, add the milk, mint leaves cream and stout. Bring to a gentle simmer. Remove from heat, remove and discard mint leaves, and stir in the chocolate until melted.

2. In a separate bowl, add the egg yolks and the sugar, whisk until well combined. Slowly add the chocolate milk, whisking continually, until about 1/2 the mixture has been added to the egg yolks. Add the egg yolk mixture back into pot, whisk until well combined. Return pot to heat and bring to a mild simmer.

3. Refrigerator until chilled, about 3 hours.

4. Churn in ice cream maker according to manufactures directions. Chill until firm.